Heel attaching press



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Hlll Patented Dec. 24, 1940 N UNITED STATES Parlaziir oFricE Otto Jacobus, Olean, N. Y. Application December 2s, 1939, yserieu Ne. 311,406

4 Claims.

This invention relates to heel attaching presses or appliances used for shoe manufacture and repair, and has for its principal object to provide an improved device which can be used rst for cementing the heel to the shoe, and then in a second operation for holding the heel while it is being nailed in place, the press or appliance being rotatable to swing the same from one position to another.

The press also includes a nail guide for guiding the nails driven into the heel.

Other advantages and objects will be apparent from the following description and accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the press;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation;

Fig. 4 is a detail of the device for holding the heel guard;

Fig. 5 is an elevation partly in section of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a plan of the nail guide.

The device comprises a double press one side of which (the right side in Fig. 1) is used for cementing the heel in place, and the other side of which is used in a second operation for nailing the heel in place. The base of the press is indicated at 6 and it has a central socket 1 to receive a pivot pin 8 projecting from a plate 9 which may be mounted on any suitable support such as a bench or tripod. This permits the press to be turned from one position to the other according to the work to be done. The frame includes a central standard I0 supporting overhanging arms II at opposite ends of the press. At the cementing side the'base 6 is provided with a socket I2 to receive the adjustable pin I3 provided with a head I4 which fits inside and supports the shoe I5 in reversed position thereon. The support may be fixed at adjustment by the screw I6 engaging the rod I3.

Also mounted on the base of the frame is a forked bracket I'I the arms of which are connected by pivots I8 to a swinging nut I9 which is provided with a threaded bore to receive the screw 20 to which the heel guard 2| is connected at its inner end by a universal joint 20a, and the outer end of the screw has a hand wheel 22 by which the screw and heel guard can be advanced or retracted.

The standard I0 supports a rod 23 extending 50 through a bore at 24 at the inner end of an arm 25 the out end of which is provided with a pressure plate 26 having a rubber lining or pad 2I on its under side. This construction permits the pressure plate 26 to be raised or lowered.

For hand operation the plate 26 may be pressed down by a screw 28 tapped through the overhanding arm II. For foot operation a pair of pull rods 29 are provided the heads 30 of which engage opposite ends of the plate 26, the pull rods extending through notches 3| at opposite ends of the 5 plate. These pull rods are provided at the lower ends with hooks 32 engaging loops 33 in the ends of a yoke 34 having a rod 35 connected to a foot lever or pedal 36. The rods 29 are provided with teeth 31 engageable with a plate 38 to hold the 10 pressure plate when it is pulled down. In the use of this part of the apparatus the heel 40 is set in place with cement on the sole of the shoe I5 and then by either the hand or foot device the heel is pressed down to close contact, the heel guide 2| 15 being adjusted to hold the heel in proper position by pressure against the back side thereof.

For the second operation the hooks 32 are unhooked to release the pressure plate 26 and permit the removal of the shoe by swinging the plate to 20 one side. The whole press is then turned half way around to bring the nailing end to the front and the shoe in normal position is placed therein with the heel 40 resting on a heel base 4I set in the socket l2 at the side of the press, as 25 illustrated at the left in Fig. l. That side of the press is also provided with a swinging arm 25a having a pressure plate 26a at its outer end which carries a stud or pin `43 having a head 44 adapted to bear against a nail guiding block 45 when advanced 30 by the screw 28a which is tapped through the arm I I and bears against the upper side of the pressure plate. The nail guide 45 ts within the shoe and has a plurality of holes 46 through which nails 'are driven (by means of a punch or the like) 35 y through the sole of the shoe and into the heel 40.

A heel guard may also be used on this side, similar in all essential respects to the heel guard above described on the cementing side.

After the nails are driven the screw 28a is 40 backed off, releasing the head 44 and the nail block 45 and permitting the removal of the shoe.

A workman standing at one end or the front of the press can therefore rst perform the cementing operation at one side and then remove the 45 shoe and turn the press to present the opposite side to the front, where the nailing operation can be performed without the workman moving from position. The device will thus be found very convenient for successive or multiple operations in attaching heels.

I claim:

l. A double press for attaching heels to shoes comprising a single pivotally mounted frame having a base, a central standard, and a pair of over- 55 hanging arms projecting from opposite sides of the standard, pressure plates mounted adjacent the standard and under each arm, means on the base to support a shoe and its heel under each arm, and means associated with each arm to apply pressure through the pressure plates to a shoe and heel so supported.

2. A double press as in claim 1, the means for applying pressure under one arm including a pressure plate movable up and down under said arm, and a pedal having detachable connections to said pressure plate.

3. A double press as in claim 1, the means for applying pressure under each arm including a 15 swinging pressure plate movable up and down and having a. pivotal connection to the central standard.

4. A double press for attaching a heel to a shoe, comprising a supporting pivot, a base having a socket into which the pivot fits, a central standard, the basing having a pair of supports at opposite sides of the standard, a pair of arms projecting oppositely from the top of the standard, in line with said supports respectively, a pressure plate pivotally supported on the standard at each side thereof under each arm and movable up and down to apply pressure to a shoe on each of 'said supports, and. means to operate the pressure plates respectively.

OTTO JACOBUS. 

